Subject talk series on "Keeping up with the Times: Mapping the Development of Hong Kong's Healthcare Services through the Archives" co-organised by the TWGHs Records and Heritage Office and the Hong Kong Public Libraries of the Leisure and Cultural Servic
February 20, 2023
In the early 20th century, local Chinese gradually accepted Western medicine. Tung Wah Hospital and Kwong Wah Hospital, founded in 1870 and 1911 respectively, increased manpower and facilities to meet the standard of modern medical services. The speakers of the talk series elaborated the close relationship between healthcare and social development under the themes of childbearing, tuberculosis prevention and treatment as well as nurse training.
3 September
1st talk: "Insights from Records of the Labour Room of Kwong Wah Hospital", presented by Dr. LEUNG Wing Cheong, Consultant Obstetrician, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital
Video link: https://youtu.be/1i7BdLfaPSQ
8 October
2nd talk: "Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment", presented by Dr. LAW Yuen Han, Lecturer, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University
Video link: https://youtu.be/qCCFJw2uLJ0
12 November
3rd talk: '"A Good Nurse Brings Blessings to the Sick": A Kaleidoscopic View of the Kwong Wah Hospital Nursing School Before 1945', presneted by Prof. WONG Man Kong, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Social Sciences cum Professor, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University
Video link: https://youtu.be/rwYZ9kSoyqk
